Lords Committee to take evidence from Cuadrilla on shale gas

05 November 2013

The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will on Tuesday 5 November 2013 take evidence from companies hoping to develop shale gas and oil drilling in the UK or to process shale gas in petrochemical plants.

Giving evidence will be representatives of Cuadrilla, the company whose site in Balcombe was the centre of recent anti-fracking protests, IGas Energy and INEOS.

Witnesses

Tuesday 5 November, Committee Room 1, House of Lords

At 3.35 pm

Francis Egan, CEO, Cuadrilla

Andrew Austin, CEO, IGas Energy

Tom Crotty, Director, INEOS

Andrew Mackenzie, Gas Procurement Manager, INEOS

The Committee will question the witnesses on the scope for commercial shale gas extraction and use in the UK, which areas of the UK are most likely to produce shale gas, and when production might start. The session will also cover possible safety risks associated with fracking and what the companies intend to do to minimise these risks.